Winker attachment



(No Model) M SANSOUGY WINKER ATTACHMENT.

No. 449,497. Patented Mar. 31, 1891..

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UNITE STATES PATENT Orricn.

MACK SANSOUOY, OF KEN OSHA, \VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO LORENZO D. JONES AND LOUIS TIIIERS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,497, dated March 31, 1891.,

Application filed September 8, 1890- Serial No. 364,382. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAoK SANSOUOY, of Kenosha, in the countyof Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in inker Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make an duse it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in winker attachments; and it consists in the combination and construction of parts which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for harness whereby the winkerbraces can be made from little strips of leather, thus effecting a considerable saving in time, labor, and material.

Figure l is a front view of a device which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the strap removed. Fig. 3 is an end view taken from the lower end of the frame.

A represents the strap by means of which the winker-braces are attached at their upper ends to the bridle, and which strap is made sufficiently wide at its lower end to prevent it from passing through the frame. The frame B is made tapering, and is provided with a loop O at each end, and through which the strap A passes. the frame are turned outward, so as to form the flanges D, and thus prevent the braces G from showing at their upper ends and to make a more ornamental finish. Projecting from the inner sideof this frame at any suitable point is a stud or projection H, above which the upper ends of the braces G, which are fastened together by stitches or in any other way, are made to catch. These stitches serve to connect the upper ends of the braces, so that they cannotbe pulled out from the frame. When the strap is passed through the two The opposite edges of loops, it serves not onlyto connect the braces to the top of the bridle but to lock thebraees to the metallic frame in such a way that they cannot become detached from the frame until the strap has been unt'astened at its upper end from the bridle, and then entirely removed from the frame.

In order to prevent the braces from approaching each other at the lower end of the frame, the lower edge of the frame is turned or bent upward, so as to form a division between the two strips, and thus keep them pressed outward against the opposite sides of the metallic frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- V 1. In a winker attachment, the combination, with a frame having transverse loops and a projection II, which extends laterally from the base of the frame, of the braces which are connected at their upper ends and placed over the said projection, and the strap A, which passes through the loops and outside of the projection and the upper ends of the braces, whereby the braces are held in place by the strap, substantially as shown.

2. In a winker attachment, the combination, with a frame having transverse loops, a projection II, which extends laterally from the base of the frame, and a projection at the lower end of the frame which extends laterally therefrom, of the braces which are connected at their upper ends and placed over the projection II and upon opposite sides of the said projection at the lower end of the frame, and the strap A, which passes through the said loops and outside of the said projections and the upper ends of the braces, whereby the braces are held in place by the said strap, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MACK SANSOUOY.

'IVitnesses:

PETER FISHER, ALEXANDER HENK. 

